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Vermont Business Magazine The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on May 3, 2021, United States District Judge Christina Reiss sentenced Jose Fontanez, 33, to 120 months in prison following his guilty plea to a charge of conspiring to distribute in Vermont one kilogram or more of heroin, 400 grams or more of fentanyl, and 500 grams or more of cocaine between 2010 and November 26, 2018.
According to Court records, in November of 2018, an informant working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Vermont State Police Drug Task Force placed 11 recorded phone calls to Fontanez, also known as “Chiqui,” arranging the purchase of heroin. The FBI Northern Connecticut Gang Task Force watched as Fontanez travelled from his stash house in Hartford, Connecticut to a planned meeting location in Holyoke, Massachusetts, where Fontanez was arrested by the FBI Western Massachusetts Gang Task Force.
1 year since first Boston police officer lost battle with COVID-19 Share Updated: 5:32 AM EDT Apr 14, 2021
1 year since first Boston police officer lost battle with COVID-19 Share Updated: 5:32 AM EDT Apr 14, 2021
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Show Transcript HOSPITAL PATIENTS IS NOW 61-YEARS-OLD. THIS MORNING BOSTON POLICE , REMEMBERING ONE OF THEIR OWN. IT WAS ONE YEAR AGO TODAY THAT THE FIRST OFFICER LOST HIS BATTLE WITH COVID-19. OFFICER JOSE FONTANEZ WAS A 29-YEAR VETERAN OF THE FORCE. HE’D SPENT NEARLY HIS ENTIR CAREER SERVING DISTRICT E-13 IN JAMAICA PLAIN. OFFICER FONTANEZ WAS 53-YEARS-OLD, AND HAD 4 CHIL
TRACKING THE COVID-19 VACCINE Share Updated: 5:32 AM EDT Apr 14, 2021
Norton Police Detective Sgt. Stephen Desfosses dies of COVID, department announces
Updated Jan 13, 2021;
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The Norton Police Department on Wednesday announced that one of its officers, Detective Sgt. Stephen Desfosses, has died of COVID-19.
Desfosses, who served with the department for more than 30 years, was surrounded by family when he passed, Norton police wrote in a Facebook post.
“He was a loyal, trusted and dedicated member of this department holding many positions including Detective Division Commander, shift supervisor, training officer and he commanded the award-winning Norton Police Honor Guard,” the statement said.
The department asked people to remember Desfosses and to keep his family in their thoughts and prayers.
Here are Walsh’s full remarks, as prepared:
Good evening, my fellow Bostonians. One year ago, I delivered my State of the City address at Symphony Hall with an audience of 2,000 people. We celebrated our city and I laid out plans to move Boston forward in 2020.
The year turned out different than we expected, to say the least. Tonight, we may not be in the same room. But we are still together, united by our belief in Boston. And we are still moving forward.
I’m joining you live from one of Boston’s newest civic treasures, the completely rebuilt Roxbury branch of the Boston Public Library in Nubian Square. Despite the pandemic, we made sure to advance this project – along with new parks, schools, and affordable housing